Best of Strong Women With Melanie Kirkpatrick
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
What are women made for and what are they capable of? What makes them valuable? What is "women's work"? One of the most culturally influential women in American history used her life's work to answer these questions and affirm women in both society and the home—yet many people have never even heard of her. Sarah Josepha Hale was a mother, writer, activist, and editor of the popular nineteenth-century women's magazine Godey's Lady's Book. Her work contributed to a robust and holistic view of womanhood that validated women as image bearers, dignified their many spheres of work—both domestic and professional—and advocated for their access to education and advancement. Take a listen to this best-of episode with journalist Melanie Kirkpatrick and be encouraged by this remarkable woman from American history.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, |
| 0:09.4 | where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites |
| 0:13.0 | and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 0:16.2 | We're here to encourage one another |
| 0:18.1 | as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman |
| 0:22.3 | and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:31.2 | Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm so glad you've joined us. I hope we can keep you company as you get |
| 0:36.2 | ready for all the festivities this week. |
| 0:38.7 | Before we jump into the conversation, I wanted to tell you about two exciting things. The first one is |
| 0:45.1 | about our strong women mug this year. So several years ago, I was talking to my husband, John, |
| 0:52.4 | and I said, man, I really love the mugs that the drinklings put out. |
| 0:57.5 | Now, the drinklings is a coffee company owned by our good friend Randy, and I love their |
| 1:04.3 | mugs. They're like, they have a face on the front of this, you know, somebody from history with a |
| 1:09.1 | quote on the back. And John said, you should reach out to him and partner with him. |
| 1:13.4 | So I reached out to Randy and he said, sure, I'd love to partner with you. So we came out with our first mug several years ago. |
| 1:19.2 | Well, we've picked that tradition back up. And this year we're bringing you a mug honoring Flannery O'Connor, which you guys have heard me talk a lot about. And we have a Flannery O'Connor quote on the back. You can go to drinklings.com coffee to find that, but we'll link that specific website down in the show notes. But we love drinklings. We love what they're doing. It's Christian owned. It's actually |
| 1:44.2 | woman owned because Randy's wife, April, has taken over the business. Another fun thing that |
| 1:50.1 | they're offering to our listeners is a special Strong Women Coffee blend. So I think that's so |
| 1:57.8 | exciting. And it's just in time for Christmas. So you can buy that for your |
| 2:01.8 | friend who loves the Strong Women podcast or just a strong woman in general. Or you can put it on |
| 2:07.5 | your wish list for someone to buy for you, right? Okay. The next thing I want to announce to you guys |
| 2:13.5 | is that Advent begins December 3rd. Now, Advent is the time of in the church calendar leading up to |
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